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Marta, Mary R.; Geruschat, Duane – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 2004
This article describes federal and state laws that affect the opportunity of people with low vision to drive and to obtain driver's licenses. Discrimination against individuals with low vision is discussed in the context of equal protection and the Americans with Disabilities Act. A review of relevant case law and implications for drivers with low…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Civil Rights Legislation, Federal Legislation, Court Litigation
Mawdsley, Ralph D. – Education and Urban Society, 2004
In May 1954, the Supreme Court handed down its unanimous 9-0 opinion in "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas" ("Brown I," 1954). In holding that de jure segregation in public schools based on race violated the Equal Protection Clause, the Court prepared American society for a larger concept, namely that children in…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Racial Segregation, Public Schools, Equal Protection

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader – University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1975
In discussing the constitutional aspects of the sex-role debate in the U.S. the author traces the tradition, compares the present criterion of equal protection to the equal rights argument, and analyzes the equality principle with reference to affirmative action and to childbearing and childrearing, supporting the proposed equal rights amendment.…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Equal Protection

Paulsen, Monrad G.; And Others – Virginia Law Review, 1974
Presents a symposium on the case of reverse racial discrimination debated in Defunis v. Odegaard. Articles include: Racial Preference and Higher Education: The Larger Context; Affirmative Action and Equal Protection; and Constitutional Limitations on Admissions Procedures and Standards. (PG)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action

Kelley, Verne R.; Weston, Hanna B. – Social Work, 1975
The need to control costs has led many state mental health systems to set up automated data banks in which a patient's name is directly linked with his record. Many consider this a primary threat to confidentiality and civil liberties. (Author)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Computers, Cost Effectiveness, Databases

Abrams, Paul G.; Hoffman, Peter M. – Yale Law Journal, 1974
Reexamines the common law precedent on student expulsions and suspensions and seeks to formulate a comprehensive doctrinal basis for common law judicial intervention that will realistically protect the rights of public and private university students alike. (Author)
Descriptors: Due Process, Equal Protection, Higher Education, Laws
Franklin, David L.; And Others – 1990
The results of new and/or continued litigation challenging the constitutionality of state school financial systems since the publication of the first volume of this study, which examined the history of such litigation from 1912-1971, are presented in this second volume. Recent cases illustrate two trends: the increase in the number and expediency…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
The Role of the Elderly Defendant in the Criminal Court: Full Dress Adversary or Reluctant Penitant?
Feinberg, Gary – 1985
Approximately 200,000 persons aged 60 and older are arrested annually in the United States and over 50,000 of these persons are formally accused of a crime each year. An exploratory study was conducted to probe the adversarial posture of elderly misdemeanant defendants. An analysis of 4,976 cases drawn from the official dockets of the Dade County…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Age Discrimination, Court Litigation, Criminals
Nwanne, Andrew I. – 1987
Desegregation issues continue to be the focus of court litigation in public schools. Since the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision, federal courts have consistently upheld that legally compelled racial segregation of students is a denial of equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment. Since public school principals play a vital…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Desegregation Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Protection
Fair, Martha H.; And Others – 1979
The Title IX/Sex Equity training model is designed to assist education personnel and interested citizens in the implementation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the attainment of sex equity in education. This workbook, to be used in conjunction with the trainer manual, provides l5 worksheets for use by participants in a 3 1/2 to…
Descriptors: Educational Discrimination, Equal Protection, Federal Legislation, Grievance Procedures
Education Journal of the Institute for the Development of Indian Law, 1974
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Annual Reports
Nielsen, Richard P. – 1976
The political economic ideas of philosophers John Rawls and Robert Nozick are compared in this paper, and their implications for mass media public policy are explored. The paper first examines the position of each philosopher, noting the major principles set forth in their works, historical antecedents for their ideas, and possible applications to…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Comparative Analysis, Economics, Equal Protection

Wilson, James B. – Journal of College and University Law, 1973
Three unresolved affirmative action admissions problems are examined: the role of students in admissions decisions, the validity of racial quotas, and to what extent applicants are entitled to due process protection of the fourteenth ammendment. Included is a synopsis of DeFunis v. Odegaard, which upheld a reverse discrimination claim. (JT)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Admission, Court Litigation
Winter, Ralph K.; And Others – 1976
The participants in this discussion in addition to Ralph Winter, the moderator, include Owen Fiss and Richard Posner, professors of law; Vera Glaser and William Raspberry, newspaper columnists; and Paul Seabury, professor of political science. These specialists address various legal, ethical and practical issues related to the elimination of…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Affirmative Action, Employment Qualifications, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
B'nai B'rith, New York, NY. Anti-Defamation League. – 1958
ARTICLES FROM NEWSPAPERS IN ARKANSAS, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, AND VIRGINIA ARE PRESENTED. THESE ARTICLES PROTEST AGAINST VIOLENCE IN THE SOUTH. THE MAJOR ARGUMENTS ARE THAT--UNITED STATES' NATIONAL ESTEEM AT HOME AND ABROAD IS BEING LESSENED. UNITED STATES LAW COURTS ARE…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Equal Protection, Human Relations, Law Enforcement